In the photos, Waltz has apparently remembered to turn his papers face down before the troupe of reporters — print, TV, photo, radio – entered the crowded Cabinet Room of the White House. But he’s holding his phone, with the messaging app open, in a way that is easy to spot.

A Reuters photographer captured an image of Michael Waltz’s phone screen during a White House cabinet meeting, a day before he was ousted from his job as national security adviser.